TPM Episode 167: Vincent Gagnier, Pro Skier
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Vincent Gagnier is the last in the line of the Gagnier Brothers. While hos older brothers helped shape the early days of freeskiing, Vinni is doing that now. On the podcast we talk about his talented family, being a grom with access, what he thinks of judging, the future of skiing, and a whole lot more. We close it out with "Inappropriate Questions" asked by Olympic Gold Medalist, Joss Christensen.
Vincent Gagnier Show Notes:
5:00: Corona Virus, brothers and sisters, and family business
10:00: Other sports, getting into skiing and Antoine
15:00: Charles, judging, and real ski winner
12:00: High School, dropping out of college and sponsors
20:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: Get 20% off branded product with the code Powell20
686 Technical Apparel: The best outerwear in the world
23:00: School in Utah, coaching, and his English
28:00: Sponsors, money, and contests
31:00: Breaking his back, coming back to win X Games, and ACL #1
40:00: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
41:45: Coming back from injury, ACL #2 and fear
45:00: The Olympics, the state of the sport and filming
49:00: Slvsh, internet comments and pro sports
82:00: Inappropriate Questions with Joss Christensen
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And now, a show with inappropriate language, the Powell Movement. |
| 0:11.9 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week the world is bat-shit crazy. |
| 0:19.6 | I know I talked about the coronavirus a little bit last week, and I'm going to talk about |
| 0:23.6 | it again. |
| 0:24.6 | I mean, this is the biggest thing the world has seen in our lifetime, and it affects everything, |
| 0:29.6 | and we are still in the early phases. |
| 0:31.6 | I've been talking to my friends on the East Coast, and the ones I've connected with |
| 0:34.6 | are still going to work, still doing shit, and that is scary to me. |
| 0:38.9 | What's even more scary is that when I take my dog out on a walk, I live about a mile from Al-Qaeda Beach, |
| 0:44.9 | which is one of the only beach spots in Seattle. |
| 0:47.2 | This week, the weather has been amazing, which is not always the case in Seattle, |
| 0:51.4 | and people have been out in full effect. |
| 0:53.8 | I've gotten as close as a block from the beach before I decide to turn around because it |
| 0:57.6 | looks like a crowded summer day. |
| 0:59.6 | I just keep thinking to myself, I don't want to get what all of those people are going to |
| 1:03.6 | have. |
| 1:04.6 | I've been really hard on my lungs in this life, and who knows if they can handle the beer flu. |
| 1:09.2 | That's my mindset when I see this shit. If you are |
| 1:11.8 | in the group of people that is heading out and about and not taking this thing really seriously, |
| 1:15.9 | then you are most likely going to get this thing. Is it going to kill you? Most of the people |
| 1:19.7 | that I know and most of the people who listen to this show will be fine. Sure, some will die, |
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